Article holder



Oct. 6, 1931. E. G. srURGls ARTICLE HOLDER Filed sept. 11, 1929 @Mg/V55.5222? f5 www f f i Patented oct. e, 1931 ,i .Unirse stares PATENT'ol-"Flce ,y I n EARL G. sTURGIs, oF HURoN, sou'rH DAKOTA ARTICLE HOLDERApplication led September 11, i929. vSerial No. 391,851.

particularlyadapted for use in supporting.

pails and similar containers for use in yfeeding live stock, although itcan be used for' a great many other purposes, such yas supporti yingpainters pails and the like.

j V'Another object of the invention is the pro-V` Avision. of apailholder which has in connection therewith a top'piece adapted to be`iitted l over the top of the pail and engaged with pory. tions of theholder andthe pailfor partially covering the pail or other vcontainerinthe holder when it -is desired to support water containers Withinthepail holder for use in f Vchicken pens so that the 4device can be usedil? as vva water container forchickens and prevents chickens fromputting their feet in the 'Y waterin the container. y n

Y A further object of the invention isthe provision of apail holderwhichis so construct-ed asto be provided with means whereby the holdercan be quickly andk readily attached to a rail of a fence or othersimilar .support for supporting the holder in upright position readyforuse, and at Ythe same 139 time can be quickly removed when so desired.Vith the above and otherobjects in view, -the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, the combination yand arrangement ofpart-s hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claim andshown f in the accompanying drawings wherein:

y lFigure l is a side elevation offa pail holder constructed inaccordance with my invention ywith parts thereof broken away andillustrated,` in cross section Figure 2 is a topplan view; and, Figure 3is a transverse sectional view. Referring more particularly to the drawuings, wherein l have illustrated the applicanoted that theV body of theholderis formed of twovVU-shaped membersV l and 2, vrespectively. TheU-shaped member lhas its arms disposed at a slight angle with respect tothe intermediate portion and one of .the arms tion of `my improved pailholder, it will be Vhas-at its upper end an outturned portion 3whichforms acam-lile flange for guiding the pail or other containerwithin the arms.

The second arm of the U-'shaped member l is of greater length than thefirst arm and is bent'upon itself to form a hook-like member l which can`be engaged over a board 5 or any other 'suitable support to support theentire pailholderfor use.

LThe U-shaped member 2 has its arms eX- tending upwardly and slightly atan outward incline to correspond to thek inclination 'of the arms of theU-shaped member l and the member 2 is disposed at right angles to themember l with its intermediate portion engaging the intermediate portionof the member l at its central part and secured thereto means of a rivet6, although other suitable fastening means may be used.

l In orderto securely hold the arms of the U-shaped members in theirproper relative positions, I provide la band 7 which extends around thearms of the U-shaped members l and 2 at'a point above the intermediateportions thereof, the band being approximately arranged intermediate thearms of the U- shaped member l and adjacent the upper ends of theU-shaped member 2. The ends of the band 7 areoverlapped, as shown inFigures l and 3,' and secured to one of the arms of the memb-er'l bymeans of a rivet 8, other rivets Sconnecting theband to the arms to thetwo tl-shaped members.

It willy be noted that the arms of the U- shaped member 2 are somewhatshorter than the-arms of the member l, so as to leave suflicient spacefor the movement of a bail or 'the like as illustrated in Figure-1, and

` the member l and extended through the support Ifor securely holdingthe pail holder against moveinentrelative to its support.

lt will be noted from the foregoing that after theholder has beensecured inl-position upon any suitable type' of support, a pail canlie-readily positioned between the arms of the members l and 2 andwithin the band 7, the bottom of the pail resting upon the in- "'10 .Y.u Y y. Y L usev of my 1mprove'd-.holder, 4vthecontainer Y l' termediateportion of the member 2 providing` the pail'is of sutieient size to passdown- Wardly to. the bottom ofthe holder, othervWise thefr'ictionalContact o'v thefpail with UrpOIlvopposite sidesY ov Villustrated inlFigures "1' and 2; .v

the arrnsloic the U-shaped membersl will read-V ily support the pail orother Container Wit-hin the jholder.l This ,devic'efis yparticularly`adapted for 'use "inqfeeding scalves a's'they have a jtendenoy tonfpsetthe Vpails or 4containers in Whichgtheyare fed, but With the Willbesecurely/held in position While' the VYcalves# are feeding.y y y Shouldit be found desirable 'tov usel this ing its ends extending above theends'of'the other member7 whereby to receiveVV an article therebetween,a Cover for the article, a transverse plate arranged overtheftoppof theari ticle andV having centrally disposed down have hereunto set my handatHuron, in theV eountyof Beadle and State of South Dakota.

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holder 'for supporting Water eonta'nersf"forV Chickens@ provide acoverlike portion which includes a transverse platev 10,-"eaeh end o'which is providedlvvith apafir of 'slitsrll upon,oppositesides of' thecenter thereof, Y

forming a tonguelQ ateaohfend Which, when the plate 10 is plaee'dfinposit-ion upon the 'tcpv of the vholder jvvill engage. beneath ytheu'sualupper beading 13 fon a pail, while* the o tongues le vformedbytheislits will extend arms of the member 1the abovebeing clearly The.reinovableeover for thepail or other j y Container vnot Aonly includes'the transverseV K u platelQfbut includes.atransverse'bar 15 1 vwhichextends transverfsely of the plate 10 knob 1v8fto facilitate removalandreplaee-l 'i mentotthe Vcover portionfor the-pail'.

with its 'ends adapted tofrest uponthe' upper f .edge of the pailoreontaine'r. Centrallyofthe plate 1Y0 and bar 15 isa ydise 16.1an'dcon- Y .neeting the three members` 10, 15 and 1 6 is a bolt 17,*,uponWhieh is, mounted a handl It will be apparent that with theimprovedCover which is -used when it isdesir'ed-'to have, l the Clevieefor-uselas'agvvater'eontainer forv the upperends of the n iehiolrens',.the coverban be quickly placed in positionfvith' the tongues14 upon opposite sides ofthe ends oit-the' arms on the member r1,'thetongues 12 engagingbeneath the annularbeadiiig 13 on the, pail toprevent displacement of the @over part-*Which inturn y will prevent thechickens fromv placing their feet in the-Water "vvithinthe,container, or

otherwise polluting the Water Within :the oontainelzi Thedev-ice as aWhole; is extremely vsnnplejand can be manufactured and placed',Vfhilefl'jhave shown and described?the*v l preferred 'embodiment'of'lnyy invention, -it Y onthe market vat a very low Cost.

" will beI apparent that slight changes may be made'in the ConstructionWhen putting the 5 invention into praetieeowithout departing YYtrom,thespiritof-the same or the scope Yof Y am, Y .v

the appended claim. Y Iolaim:V j'

fAnarticle' lliolder including v IE B-shaped members arranged at rightangles to` each otherland connected atuth-eir intermediate portions, oneof said U-shapedmembers hav-

